Local media reports fires at two oil depots in Russia's Rostov Oblast

Videos of a fire filmed by a local resident have been posted on social media, showing a large fire and black smoke apparently rising from the oil depot.

Golubev claimed that no casualties were reported.

The Kyiv Independent cannot confirm the claims and the Ukrainian military has not yet commented on the alleged attacks.

The Ukrainian armed forces regularly attack Russian Oil depots in an attempt to reduce Russia's military potential in the war against Ukraine.

In nearby Proletarsk in Rostov Oblast, satellite images obtained by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty indicate that an oil depot fire spread in the Kavkaz oil and petroleum storage facility. The fire has been raging for at least ten days.

The fire started on August 18 after a Ukrainian attack on the oil depot.

Rostov Novosti claimed that due to the severity of the fires caused by the alleged nighttime attack on August 28, there was also a significant risk of the fire spreading to nearby storage tanks.

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